Men walk towards the derailed Amtrak in Philadelphia on Wednesday morning.Reuters

An Amtrak dispatcher filed the first federal lawsuit in connection to Tuesday’s crash — blaming the train company for the devastating derailment.

Amtrak employee Bruce A. Phillips, along with his wife, Kalita, claimed the company’s “negligence and carelessness” resulted in the crash, according to the lawsuit filed in Philadelphia federal court.

On Tuesday, more than 200 people were injured when Northeast Corridor Train 188 accelerated to 106 mph — double the 50-mph limit – shortly before a sharp curve and then ran off the rails. Eight people died when the New York City-bound train crashed.

Phillips, who was sitting in one of the train’s rear cars, accused Amtrak of acting “in an outrageous, willful and grossly reckless manner … with a wanton disregard and reckless indifference to the rights of the passengers,” the suit says.

The dispatcher said he was “violently hurled about the railcar” during the crash, and sustained “serious and permanent personal injuries” — including brain trauma, contusions and lacerations. Phillips is also grappling with “emotional trauma,” the suit says.

The couple is suing for a sum in excess of $150,000, according to the four-count complaint.

Phillips was deadheading — riding for free because he wasn’t on duty — from Philadelphia to New York City at the time of the crash.